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Zero Dark Thirty

Simply put, Zero Dark Thirty is an enjoyable thriller. I thought the writing was tight. I thought the direction was good, if not inspired. This movie hinges on the performance of Jessica Chastain. I have been out of the moviegoing business for a while. I don’t remember seeing her in anything else. (I think that says something about me and not about the number of movies she’s been in.) Anyway, Jessica Chastain is brilliant.

There’s a lot of scuttlebutt out in the community that this movie is nothing more than an expensive piece of propaganda for the White House and Barack Obama. Just like most things that are NOT true in our society, I have no idea where this came from. It simply isn’t true. I have seen the movie once. While watching the movie, I did listen for the president’s name to be mentioned and I didn’t hear it. This movie does not glorify the White House or Obama. Neither is mentioned. This story is about the CIA finding Bin Laden. (more…)

By ecthompsonmd|2013-04-07T22:07:08-04:00April 7th, 2013|Movies|Comments Off

Don’t focus on Iowa

To clearly understand where the Republican party is going, we shouldn’t focus on Iowa. Iowa is just a piece of the Republican puzzle. New Hampshire and South Carolina are also very important. Once we are through with primaries, which will have covered the south, the midwest and the far northeast, we should have a pretty good picture of who the GOP is going to choose.

By ecthompsonmd|2012-01-03T17:29:59-04:00January 3rd, 2012|Elections|1 Comment

Elizabeth Edwards on Health Care

I will have a very long post on health care very soon but I need to do more research. This isn’t just going to be one of those off the cuff kind of posts. It is clear to me that we need to do something. I’m not sure that McCain or Obama have all of the pieces to the large puzzle that is health care.

Here’s Elizabeth Edwards talking about what we need:

By ecthompsonmd|2008-06-25T10:53:47-04:00June 25th, 2008|Healthcare|Comments Off